The Complete Book of Irish Country Cooking: Traditional and Wholesome Recipes from Ireland by Darina Allen and Georgia Witkin

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    • Categories: Soups; Irish
    • Ingredients: leeks; stock; oatmeal; mace; parsley
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  • Jerusalem artichoke soup with crispy croûtons

  • Oven toasted cheese

    • twoyolks on February 25, 2014

      This is a nice simple variation on a grilled cheese. Be careful that the bottom doesn't burn.

  • Beef & Guinness stew

    • eejackson on March 25, 2026

      Quite good. I serve with soda or yeast bread and some kind of potatoes. (You can also just add potatoes to the stew.) Recipe should call for tomato paste rather than puree, at least for US readers.

  • Pan boxty

    • Fyretigger on April 23, 2023

      Grew up making latkes and wanted to try this as an alternative after seeing them on multiple cooking and travel shows. They were good, but I think I prefer latkes.

  • Parsnip cakes with crispy bacon

    • lesorelle on May 11, 2013

      Couldn't locate this recipe in my 2012 edition...

  • Fluffy lemon pudding

    • eejackson on March 25, 2026

      I've made this so many times. It's delightful. The method is unusual, but trust the process. Also, regular sugar is fine. No need to use caster sugar if you don't happen to have it. Serve warm, typed with whipped cream.

  • Traditional Irish sherry trifle

    • twoyolks on March 26, 2019

      This was very boozy. The rest of the flavors were good but the alcohol was just too strong. I also found the egg custard a bit too thin to make this really work well.

  • White soda bread

    • hillsboroks on March 18, 2018

      This was one of the best tasting soda breads I have ever made with added bonus of being a very easy recipe to make. I followed the recipe exactly as written but added about 1/2 cup currants to the dry ingredients. The crust was a lovely brown and nice and crunchy while the interior was moist and flavorful.

  • Irish barm brack

    • MacMerlin on June 07, 2020

      Traditional Samhain bread made in our household

  • Gingerbread

    • jammydodger on July 02, 2014

      This is a loaf-style gingerbread, easy to make and not too sweet. The chunks of stem ginger are what make it.

  • Old fashioned marmalade

    • twoyolks on April 30, 2014

      This was extremely bitter even after adding significantly more sugar to the recipe than was called for.

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Reviews about this book

  • Bibliocook

    ...packed with historical information, quotations and recipes that are both useful and historically accurate. This will be adored by people who wonder what the “correct” Irish Stew recipe is...

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Reviews about Recipes in this Book

  • Pan boxty

    • Leite's Culinaria

      The only way we can think to describe pan boxty? As hash browns’ answer fudgy brownies, with a crisp surface and a dense, moist but not greasy, almost but not quite gooey interior.

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  • ISBN 10 0670865141
  • ISBN 13 9780670865147
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 288
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Avery
  • Imprint Penguin Putnam

Publishers Text

Fresh and wholesome, comfortingly nostalgic, Irish food is famous for its heartiness and flavor. Now Darina Allen--the "Queen of Irish Cooking" who cooked breakfast for President Clinton and 150 guests last St. Patrick's Day--presents more than 250 wondrous Irish recipes, from traditional festival food to manor fare.

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